August, 2025

• 10 August

  Giovanni Ferrero Scoops Up WK Kellogg

  

  [ad_1] Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and Giovanni Ferrero knows it. Scion and executive chairman of Ferrero Group, the company behind favorites like Nutella, Kinder, and Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero announced plans in July to acquire WK Kellogg, maker of Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops, in a …

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• 10 August

  Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’

  

  [ad_1] During a Reddit ask-me-anything session on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and key members of the GPT-5 team were peppered with questions about the new model and requests to bring back its previous model, GPT-4o. They also asked Altman about the most embarrassing — and perhaps funniest — snafu …

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• 10 August

  Japan: Prime Minister’s Waning Power Jolts Stability

  

  [ad_1] Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on power weakened further after his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in Japan’s upper house elections on July 20. The vote marks a historic shift: For the first time since 1955, the LDP does not control either house …

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• 10 August

  Impersonators are targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach

  

  [ad_1] Hi, thanks as always for reading TechCrunch. We want to talk with you quickly about something important. We’ve discovered that scammers are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads and reaching out to companies, pretending to be our staff when they absolutely are not. These bad actors are using our …

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• 10 August

  Seven & i Acquisition Falls Through

  

  [ad_1] The proposed $47 billion acquisition of Japan’s Seven & i Holdings by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) would have been the largest foreign takeover in Japanese history. Instead, after nearly a year of overtures, negotiations, and political maneuvering, ACT withdrew its offer in mid-July, citing a persistent lack of engagement …

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• 10 August

  Christopher Hodge, Natixis: Inside The Economic Crosswinds

  

  [ad_1] Christopher Hodge, chief US economist at investment bank Natixis, shares his thoughts regarding the forces shaping the US economy. With a career spanning the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the US Department of the Treasury, and hedge funds, he offers a rare public and private perspective on today’s …

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• 10 August

  AI Transforms The Finance Function

  

  [ad_1] AI tools are driving efficiency and strategic gains—and fundamentally reshaping finance professionals’ roles. Artificial intelligence promises to ignite a revolution in the corporate finance function, enhancing efficiency, forecasting, and decision-making. As adoption accelerates, CFOs envision expanding their role from stewards of cost to drivers of longterm value as they …

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• 10 August

  Standard Bank: Reimagining Transaction Banking in Africa

  

  [ad_1] In Africa, companies across sectors and markets have an acute need for frictionless payments. Ongoing challenges in moving goods, managing import cycles and distributing products with certainty have made effective Payments, Working Capital and Trade Finance solutions a priority. Businesses need speed, flexibility, visibility and control of their payment …

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July, 2025

• 31 July

  Full List of Africa’s Under 40 CEOs Award Recipients Emerges

  

  Organisers of the annual Africa’s Under 40 CEOs Awards & Summit have released the list of 2025 award recipients who were conferred with the prestigious honour in Sandton Johannesburg South Africa 🇿🇦 Saturday 28th June 2025. Mayorkings Agency Group, which holds the award ceremony annually said Africa’s Under 40 CEOs …

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• 29 July

  Nigerian Govt To Hold Talks With US Over Visa Drop Box Suspension

  

  The Federal Government of Nigeria has said it would take diplomatic action and hold negotiations with relevant authorities over the suspension of the drop box service for Nigerians renewing their US visas. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Oluwole Oke, stated this while speaking on …

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